Christophe is condemned in Algeria: describing him as “empathetic”, his brother denounces “the absurd” of his imprisonment

It is a “crazy situation” that is an “absurd”, according to Maxime Gleizes, the brother of the French journalist Christophe chained in Algeria after his sentence to seven years in prison for “apologies for terrorism.”

The independent journalist who regularly collaborates with SO Foot and Society, Christopheizes went to Algeria in May 2024 for a report on a Kabylia football club. He was accused of having been in contact with a member of a terrorist organization classified by Algeria, who earned him the imprisonment today.

“A 10 m² cell with a co-discovered”

In BFMTV, this Monday, July 7, Maxime Gleizes describes his brother as “a lover of people, travel and truth (…) nothing problematic.” “Change the world to something beautiful and charming,” he says, describing his “report to the very strong African continent.”

“When you know my brother, he is someone very empathic who has a very strong human soul. Accusing terrorism, they are light years of what it is,” says Maxime Glees.

Move in tears, this last note about BFMTV the importance of mobilization to ask for the liberation of his brother. “My parents went to Mr. Barrot’s office, we have their strong support. It is abundant to feel supported by all the people around us, but also by French diplomacy,” he explains. From now on, Maxime Gleiza “the hopes that mobilization and political action can change the current trend,” because “taking seven years in prison just to talk about football is a bit large that I find.”

In our antenna, he describes his brother’s imprisonment conditions, in “a 10 m² cell with a detected.” “It has the shower, television. You can leave two in the morning and two in the afternoon,” describes Maxime Gleizes.

Now, the latter hopes to meet his brother in Algeria, but obtaining visas is “a long procedure.” “If I have the possibility to see it in Algeria, I will be so well in my arms,” ​​he wants, very moved.

Since his conviction, Christopheizes has been complying with his sentence in the prison of Tizi Ouzou. A petition at the site of reporters without borders that ask for the “immediate liberation” of French has collected 15,810 signatures.